Carrying-out of whole nuclear fuel materials in Plutonium Research Building No.1

Inagawa, Jun; Kitatsuji, Yoshihiro; Otobe, Haruyoshi; Nakada, Masami; Takano, Masahide; Akie, Hiroshi; Shimizu, Osamu; Komuro, Michiyasu; Oura, Hirofumi*; Nagai, Isao*; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2021-001, 144 Pages, 2021/08

JAEA-Technology-2021-001.pdf:12.98MB

Plutonium Research Building No.1 (Pu1) was qualified as a facility to decommission, and preparatory operations for decommission were worked by the research groups users and the facility managers of Pu1. The operation of transportation of whole nuclear materials in Pu1 to Back-end Cycle Key Element Research Facility (BECKY) completed at Dec. 2020. In the operation included evaluation of criticality safety for changing permission of the license for use nuclear fuel materials in BECKY, cask of the transportation, the registration request of the cask at the institute, the test transportation, formulation of plan for whole nuclear materials transportation, and the main transportation. This report circumstantially shows all of those process to help prospective decommission.

Simulation of fuel-coolant interaction SERENA2 test based on JASMINE version 3

Hotta, Akitoshi*; Morita, Akinobu*; Kajimoto, Mitsuhiro*; Maruyama, Yu

Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai Wabun Rombunshi, 16(3), p.139 - 152, 2017/09

https://doi.org/10.3327/taesj.J16.028

Decomposition studies of group 6 hexacarbonyl complexes, 1; Production and decomposition of Mo(CO) and W(CO)

Usoltsev, I.*; Eichler, R.*; Wang, Y.*; Even, J.*; Yakushev, A.*; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Asai, Masato; Brand, H.*; Di Nitto, A.*; Dllmann, Ch. E.*; et al.

Radiochimica Acta, 104(3), p.141 - 151, 2016/03

https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2015-2445

Conditions of the production and decomposition of hexacarbonyl complexes of short-lived Mo and W isotopes were investigated to study thermal stability of the heaviest group 6 hexacarbonyl complex Sg(CO). A tubular flow reactor was tested to decompose the hexacarbonyl complexes and to extract the first bond dissociation energies. A silver was found to be the most appropriate reaction surface to study the decomposition of the group 6 hexacarbonyl. It was found that the surface temperature at which the decomposition occurred was correlated to the first bond dissociation energy of Mo(CO) and W(CO), indicating that the first bond dissociation energy of Sg(CO) could be determined with this technique.

Synthesis and detection of a Seaborgium carbonyl complex

Even, J.*; Yakushev, A.*; Dllmann, Ch. E.*; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Asai, Masato; Sato, Tetsuya; Brand, H.*; Di Nitto, A.*; Eichler, R.*; Fan, F. L.*; et al.

Science, 345(6203), p.1491 - 1493, 2014/09

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1255720

A new superheavy element complex, a seaborgium carbonyl, has been successfully synthesized, and its adsorption property has been studied using a cryo-thermochromatography and -detection apparatus COMPACT. Nuclear reaction products of short-lived Sg preseparated with a gas-filled recoil ion separator GARIS at RIKEN were directly injected into a gas cell filled with He/CO mixture gas, and chemical reaction products of volatile carbonyl complexes were trasported to COMPACT. The Sg carbonyl complex detected with COMPACT was found to be very volatile with adsorption enthalpy of 50 kJ/mol, from which we have concluded that this complex should be a Sg hexacarbonyl Sg(CO). This is the first synthesis of organometallic compounds of transactinide elements for which only simple inorganic comounds have been synthesized so far.

Surface effect on ion track formation in amorphous SiN films

Morita, Yosuke*; Nakajima, Kaoru*; Suzuki, Motofumi*; Narumi, Kazumasa; Saito, Yuichi; Ishikawa, Norito; Hojo, Kiichi; Tsujimoto, Masahiko*; Isoda, Shoji*; Kimura, Kenji*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 315, p.142 - 145, 2013/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2013.03.043

Direct observation of fine structure in ion tracks in amorphous SiN by TEM

Nakajima, Kaoru*; Morita, Yosuke*; Suzuki, Motofumi*; Narumi, Kazumasa; Saito, Yuichi; Ishikawa, Norito; Hojo, Kiichi; Tsujimoto, Masahiko*; Isoda, Shoji*; Kimura, Kenji*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 291, p.12 - 16, 2012/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2012.09.007

Thin films of amorphous SiN (thickness 20 nm) were irradiated with 120-720 keV C ions and observed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The ion track produced in an amorphous material was directly observed by TEM. For quantitative analysis, the ion tracks were also observed using high-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM). The observed ion track consists of a low density core (radius 2.5 nm) and a high density shell (width 2.5 nm), which is very similar to the ion tracks in amorphous SiO irradiated with high energy heavy ions observed by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Although the observed ion tracks may be affected by surface effects, the present result indicates that TEM and HAADF-STEM have potential to observe directly the fine structures of ion tracks in amorphous materials.

Fine SiC fiber synthesized from organosilicon polymers; Relationship between spinning temperature and melt viscosity of precursor polymers

Idesaki, Akira; Narisawa, Masaki*; Okamura, Kiyohito*; Sugimoto, Masaki; Tanaka, Shigeru; Morita, Yosuke; Seguchi, Tadao; Ito, Masayoshi*

Journal of Materials Science, 36(23), p.5565 - 5569, 2001/12

https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012549228826

A very fine silicon carbide (SiC) fiber with diameter of 6 m, about a half of that of a commercially available SiC fiber, was synthesized from a polymer blend of polycarbosilane (PCS) and polyvinylsilane (PVS). The fine SiC fiber was obtained by optimizing the composition and the spinning temperature of PCS-PVS polymer blends. In order to determine these optimum conditions, the relationship between temperature and melt viscosities of the polymer blends was investigated. As a result, it was found that the optimum spinning temperature range was within a temperature range where the melt viscosity is 5-10Pas. Moreover, by blending PVS with PCS, the spinning temperature of the polymer blends was lowered, the spinnability of polymer system was improved, and finer polymer fiber was obtained compared with PCS. The optimum content of PVS in the polymer blend was 15-20wt%.

Fine silicon carbide fiber synthesized from a silicon-based polymer blend using radiation curing

Idesaki, Akira; Sugimoto, Masaki; Tanaka, Shigeru; Morita, Yosuke; Narisawa, Masaki*; Okamura, Kiyohito*; Ito, Masayoshi*

High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites, p.35 - 40, 2001/00

Silicon carbide (SiC) fiber, which is one of the likeliest candidates as a reinforcement fiber of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), is synthesized from polycarbosilane (PCS). The diameter of thus SiC fibers is 10-15 m. In order to fabricate CMCs with 3-dimensional complex shapes, it is important to develop a SiC fiber with diameter of less than 10 m, flexibility, and high strength. In order to improve the spinnability of precursor polymer, we have blended polyvinylsilane (PVS), which is a liquid polymer at room temperature, to PCS as a spinning additive. According to relationship between temperature and melt viscosity of the polymer blend, it was found that the polymer can be melt-spun at about 490K, 110K lower than PCS (about 600K), and that the spinnability of the polymer is improved by blending PVS. Fine polymer fiber was obtained from the polymer blend, and finally, very fine SiC fiber with the average diameter of 6 m was synthesized from the PCS-PVS polymer blend.

SiC-based fibers synthesized from hybrid polymer of polycarbosilane and polyvinylsilane

Idesaki, Akira*; Narisawa, Masaki*; *; Sugimoto, Masaki; Morita, Yosuke; Seguchi, Tadao; Ito, Masayoshi*

Key Engineering Materials, 164-165, p.39 - 42, 1999/00

no abstracts in English

Cluster effect on damage at a Si surface bombarded with 10-540 keV C ions

Narumi, Kazumasa; Naramoto, Hiroshi*; Yamada, Keisuke; Chiba, Atsuya; Saito, Yuichi; Morita, Yosuke*; Nakajima, Kaoru*; Kimura, Kenji*; Maeda, Yoshihito

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English